Cigar-chest.



una i LLSTON SLRGENT, OF NEW YORK, NQY.

'crean-CHEST.

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specificano of Letters Patent. Application filed December 18, 1908.v Serial No. 468.1%.

atent'ed Sept. 20. .1910.

To all whom. il may concern: y v

Be it known that l. ALLs'roX Sxiioiixir. a eitizen ot the United States, residing at New York, in'tlie county of New York and bltate yof New York, have invented certain new andv useful- Improvements in 'Cigar-Chests, of whieli the followingr is a speeifieation.

This invention relates particularly to a ehes't for keeping;r cigars in proper condition 'as to temperature.and iiioistiire.`

)ly former applieation #4b-4,973 filed )lay lEltlS shows and claims broadlylhe type of eonstruetion liereinset foi'il-i.

It is my present objeet to improve tlie details, of in v former'eonstruetionand to make it stronger and more dinable, etlieient v :md sanitary. l accomplish these. objects preferably in the manner hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the 4aeeoinpanying single sheet of drawings. l p

["igure l, is a front v io\r and partial seetion of one forni of cigar ehest embodying my invention. AFig. 2, isan end view and partial section of tlie'saine and showing the eover dotted in open position. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the lower part of the saine in proce. of construction. v v

I sli it distinctly understood that I do lnot consider the invention as lin'iited to the particular shape and design herein shown and described.

The chest consists of two parts the lower part or box proper l, and the uplper part or (rover 2. These may be hinged i desired as at fl. li'eferal'ily eaeh part 1 and L has a body of eenieiititions material sneh as plaster `otparis and an insulating' material sueli as ground eork niixed together and east in a single seamless piece.

'llie body l of the box part is lined with sheets or plates of glass or poreelain sueli as 5, (3, T, S and Si. The floor 5 projeets lievond the walls 6. T. S and t) and eaeli wall at one end projet-ls beyond the adjaeent wall and into the liod ll.`liis anolioi's the ioor plate and the walls to the body so that there is no danger of their working loose. llie wall plates cannot tip over or swing inward. 'l`liis method of eonstrnetion is inexpensive and elleetive. To strengthen the body It, l prefer to employ .-i rein l'oreenient. sueli as the wires it). lt) wliieli' may lie inserted iii the body when it. is beingr eastin the mold. These.` wires strengthen the ooi-ners and enablolnie lo make the body eoniparatively thin and vet strongenough to stand alll ordinary wear. For appeal-:mees and du 'ability I iiielose the body -l in a shell l1 ofwood or other suitable material. The .rini isA protected by a strip 1L. which also assists in preventing. displaeenieiit of the side walls 4(i,

The body 14 of the eover part liollowed out and left exposed on the interior. Water eau then be readily thrown in the eover when it is open as. shown dotted iii Fig. 2.

The eonipositionbeing highly absorptivey takes upall the water almost instantly. The.v eover body is ineased by a shell `l5 and has a riii lt' aroundthe edge similar to theI box body. 'Iopi'event tl i moisture in the body' 11' from penetratinit provide a layer of material impervious to moisture between the. bod y and the shell as for instance a eoating;- of paratiin applied directly upon the oiitervsnrfaee of the body or the inner surfaee of the shell, hiii. preferably .the former. This` layer ofimpervions ,material is indicated by ythe heavy line 1T in lfigs. 1 and 2. This preserves the shell and retains all the moisture in the chest. A similar layer of imperviousmaterial may he k.used between the body land the shell 11 if desired. 'lien the cigar chest, is in use the rover gives oll' moisture at a rate just sullieient. to keep the eigars `in proper eonditioii and maintain an even eool temperature.-` 'hat l claim istl l.k A cigar chest eomprising a box portion` a eover portion litted .to the lioxporiioii and consisting of :i shell, a hard absorptive liuing in the. sliell ol' the eover portion and exiendingover the hox portion. a layer of substanee impervious to moisture arfanged between said alisorptive lining and the adjaeentfaee oli the. shell of the cover portion,

-and a protecting: i-'iiii lt'i seeured around llie edge of the. shell and lining of the cover port ioil.

A cigar ehesteoiupi-ising a box portion having a eeiuentit ions body. glass-like plates liniiur said box portion and havin" some of o 'the shell 151.

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open nt. the' top, :z Ver .thereto :unl arrnngel in ne lun-iiwnrilli', :i glass-like lining .lor llie. linx inentiiions in'utei'inl anfl gliisQ-like plates portion spacedA apart. therefrom, insulating 2 formingr a. liningr therefor und having somo nmerizil arranged between the. box and its of their edges overlapping the ,edges of the lining; a rim l2 covering the edges of the :nljncenl plnlesnnrl projecting ino snicl eominsulatingT nizilerial and lining and holding position. the latter in place :unl an nbsorptive lining 5. A eig-:1r eliesl lioily ci'nnprised of :l eefoltlie cover portion. 3 nnfntitions Amaterial :unl glas =like pluies, S. A cigar clxet comprising a box portion forming"ulining (ln-refor und lmving some open at the top, cover portion hinged of their edges, overlapping the edges of ille tlxerei'o :xi one edge :incl :r'anged to be raised :uljzu-eni plnesmnl proieeling inhisfiliil comrnml turned .bnclm'm'dly and :1 lrnrd absorpposilion- :nul reini'oren j devices emlwililell tive lining in said cover port-ion liolloweil :E in llieznnlerinl ndtineenx' the corners. oni' lo form n recess for receifing' waiter A cigar elienv comprising" u box'poriion when the cover .portion is turned backopen nl' the lop. aeover porion liing'eal lo -n'nr(ll}. 1 Y one edge thereof' :unl arranged to, be raised 9. A (rigorichest'eoinpriSing a box porlion, nml turned l n :k\.\nr ll :in impervious linnepal-nte slieefsof 'transparent rlnSs forin- 4 ing fory ille box porl'imnn hardizxlisorptire liningr for ilie noyer mriion, :iinl'n 'rim ll surrounding :intl liolalnzj;r in plneellieeilges of lin cover lining. f

Y 7. A (figur-ellenieon'ipifising :x box portion portion hinged -miseil und turned in g n lining' therein, a White insulating substance arranged beiween said lining :1nd sniil lim; port ion :und :i cover portion for said box portion having :in :ilisorlzive lining.

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